Stone Cold Steve Austin, while his heel turn at WrestleMania X-7 was incredible, lacked any sort of really built-up face challengers right after his heel turn. While I think the heel turn itself was awesome, it did mark the end of the Attitude era. It would have been perfect for someone to step up and make it their own era, but it just didn't happen. Oops.
Triple H, in my opinion, would have been perfect. The crowd was rabid for it the night after Mania, if I recall. He confronted Vince McMahon, and asked why he was not informed about that deal he made, and Vince sort of passed Triple H over. When The Game came out with the sledgehammer, people wanted to see him crush his enemy's skull. It didn't happen, though. A lot of people loved the Two-Man Power Trip, I know, and they explained it as best they could, but Triple H challenging for the WWE Title would have made a hot story at that point in time.
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